After years of hesitation, Donald Trump has finally decided to break ground in Uptown Charlotte on his new 160 story crown jewel, aptly named the "Golden Spire", no doubt playing off Charlotte's gold rush past. The new ultra high-rise will be located on the corner of Davidson and 7th Street and will straddle four city blocks. In a increasingly popular...
The majority of residents in the town of Oso, Wash. were not concerned about the possibility of a landslide, but there is undeniable evidence that the catastrophic event that occurred on Saturday, March 23 should have been anticipated.
Multiple accounts of the deadly landslide mention the 1999 Army Corps of Engineers report that predicted the inevitability of just such a...
Ravens Wide Receiver Deonte Thompson was not arrested after climbing on SUV naked. Here is the actual picture of when he was arrested back on February 24th for possession of Marijuana charges. EmpireSports.co took this image to the right and edited it, adding in a random naked black man that could almost resemble Deonte. The claim that "Thompson was...
With the rapid advancement of technology, personal cell phones are now making the transition from a way to communicate into a way to provide self defense. Here are the top 5 personal defense technologies will soon be hitting the market;
#1 Cell Phone Knuckles
Check out a huge selection of 'cell phone knuckles' for iPhone 4s and 5s, including various shapes,...
This is a real picture of a snake eating a flying fox, the largest 'flying foxes' in the world actually only reside in southeast Asia, and are only known to grow to a maximum size of about 2.5 lbs (Wikipedia).
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As with all megabats, it has a fox-like face, hence its name. It lacks a tail and has...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte Mayor, Patrick DeAngelo Cannon, was arrested today by FBI agents for alleged violations of federal public corruption laws, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The federal criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court, charges Cannon, 47, of Charlotte, with theft and bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, honest services wire fraud and...
What is now being called "The Hobby Lobby case" is the most serious challenge to the Affordable Care Act, or "Obama-care" since the law itself was up for review almost two years ago, finally reached the Supreme Court Yesterday. At stake is whether corporations can claim a religious exemption to opt out Obamacare’s “contraception mandate,” a decision that could have...
Today at 6:43pm EST a flight heading from Malaysia to Beijing vanished without a trace, it had 227 passengers and crew on board, all of whom are now considered to be 'missing'.
The only "clues" officials have in the search for the missing commercial jetliner are oil slicks in the Gulf of Thailand where all contact was lost with the...
The caped crusader is in town for a meet-and-greet at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Phillips Place, says Jessica Helms, the hotel's director of sales and marketing.
The actor and his car came down to the Queen City from Maryland, where, as his Facebook Page describes him, he is a businessman from Baltimore County who visits sick children in hospitals,...
Today is the day! Expect something to break over next couple hours as the #SJSharks Ice for final 2 hours before trade deadline.
The NHL trade deadline is here, and one of the biggest names that is expected to still be available is New York Islanders left winger Thomas Vanek. While we wait to see whether or not Vanek will be moved,...